Senior Director, Supply Chain

The Group You’ll Be A Part Of

The Global Operations Group brings information systems, facilities, supply chain, logistics, and high-volume manufacturing together to drive the engine of our global business operations. We help Lam deliver industry-leading solutions with speed and efficiency, while actively supporting the resilient and profitable growth of Lam's business.

The Impact You’ll Make

As a leader in Lam’s Global Supplier Management organization, this critical position requires a passionate, driven leader who will architect and deliver strategic directions in managing the Mechatronics commodities within Lam’s supply chain.   As a Sr Director within Supply Chain, this executive will play a crucial and influential role in the success of Lam.  This person will collaborate with the Executive management team, Supply Chain Executives and Product Group Executives.  

Location of the position is in Tualatin, OR or Livermore, CA and will include worldwide travel.

What You’ll Do

• Architecting and delivering a complete end to end strategy that supports Lam’s 3-year horizon:
  • Supplier selection (Expansion & consolidation) that meet business needs
  • Deliver & focus supplier investments (R&D & capacity expansions) that are aligned with Lam’s needs
  • Responsible for commercial negotiation that result in achieving annual objectives for cost, quality, lead time & flexibility.
• Develop a 3-year vision, strategy and organizational structure for assigned commodities. The strategy should enhance competitive differentiation and address commodity availability, quality and cost.
• Anticipates, identifies and evaluates current and future issues, promotes new ideas in providing strategy and direction for areas of influence.
• Leadership responsibilities include:
  • Execute the vision and implement the strategy by gaining executive alignment and motivating and engaging the workforce to fulfill the vision.
  • Lead sourcing negotiations.
  • Drive business processes that enable effective prioritization and facilitate faster customer solutions.
  • Provide inspired leadership and direction to the global supply chain organization. Continue to build and develop a world class team in an environment where successful people want to work.
  • Lead a geographically dispersed team of approximately 10 employees, including some matrix employees.
  • Instill a culture of quality and discipline into all of our suppliers.
• Operate in a Complex Environment

Who We’re Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, or related
• 15 years of professional experience, preferably with a minimum of 8 years in executive management roles.
• Has worked in an executive leadership role within a global matrix managed multi-site company with manufacturing and supplier operations spread over multiple continents with at least $1 billion in revenue.
• Has extensive experience interfacing with customers and suppliers and managing these relationships on product issue identification, problem resolution and total experience.
• Demonstrated business orientation and proactive leadership that identifies and anticipates problems, issues, and risks to a project outcomes and manages those issue in advance of a critical situation.

• Demonstrated success at using rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions.
• Proven record in leading a large organization to new level of performance
• Has led and developed high performing teams and demonstrated ability to maintain and engage staff.
• Interpersonal and leadership skills across multiple cultures in North America, Europe and Asia
• Be able to lead & influence technically strong employees
• Believe, practice and reward core values (achievement, honesty and integrity, innovation and continuous improvement, mutual trust and respect, open communication, ownership and accountability, teamwork, think: cu